Giulio Ferrari Riserva del Fondatore

Cru d’auteur

Colour and perlage
A Chardonnay with delightful golden highlights against a background of brilliant yellow. The perlage is extraordinarily fine and persistent.

Nose
An intense and complex bouquet, with marked minerality and enriched with exotic scents. Hints of white chocolate and hazelnut give way to balsamic notes and intriguing tones of spices, beeswax and honey.

Taste
Sumptuous suggestions arise from its creamy, velvety body, with hints of acacia honey accompanied by notes of exotic fruit. The over ten years of ageing on the yeasts yield a finish of great complexity, which amazes you with its elegance and freshness.

An outstanding wine,made onlyin the best vintages.

2015

Vitae - AIS

2015

Guida I Vini di Veronelli

2015

Guida Touring Vini Buoni d'Italia

2015

Guida Slow Wine

2015

Guida L'Espresso I Vini d'Italia

2015

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

2015

Guida Bibenda

2015

Guida Cucina & Vini Sparkle

2014

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

2014

James Suckling

2013

Guida L'Espresso I Vini d'Italia

2013

Guida I Vini di Veronelli

2013

Guida Cucina & Vini Sparkle

2013

Guida Bibenda

2013

Guida Slow Wine

2013

Guida Touring Vini Buoni d'Italia

2012

Guida Touring Vini Buoni d'Italia

2011

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

2011

Guida Bibenda

2011

Guida I Vini di Veronelli

2011

Guida Cucina & Vini Sparkle

2011

Guida L'Espresso I Vini d'Italia

2011

Guida Slow Wine

2010

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

2010

Guida L'Espresso I Vini d'Italia

2010

Guida Bibenda

2010

Guida Cucina & Vini Sparkle

2009

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

2009

Guida Bibenda

2009

Guida I Vini di Veronelli

2009

Guida Cucina & Vini Sparkle

2007

Oscar del Vino

2007

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

2007

Guida Cucina & Vini Sparkle

2006

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

2006

Guida Cucina & Vini Sparkle

2005

Oscar del Vino

2005

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

2005

Guida Cucina & Vini Sparkle

2004

Oscar del Vino

2004

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

2004

Guida Bibenda

2004

Guida I Vini di Veronelli

2004

Guida Cucina & Vini Sparkle

2002

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

2002

Guida Bibenda

2002

Guida I Vini di Veronelli

2002

Guida Cucina & Vini Sparkle

2001

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

2001

Guida Bibenda

2001

Guida I Vini di Veronelli

2000

Oscar del Vino

2000

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

1999

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

1998

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

1997

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

1995

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

1994

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

1991

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

1989

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

1989

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

1989

Guida Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia

Slow Wine Guide 2013

The winery's masterpiece, always able to charm with its apparent simplicity that hides complexity and incomparable elegance.

Gambero Rosso Guide 2007

Enjoy the best of Italy’s sparkling wines, which are also among the best in the world.

Daniel Thomases Wine Advocate

The house is experimenting – with very positive results – a sparkling wine with some barrel aging, a sign that success, in this case, has only stimulated greater application, not complacency.

The best Italian sparkling wine, to be drunk alone, or to be paired with raw fish and Venus clams.

Gambero Rosso Guide 2010

Austere in its versatility, unique, very engaging, as only the greatest can be.

Antonio Galloni Wine Advocate

Giulio Ferrari Riserva del Fondatore (100% Chardonnay) offers superb richness and depth in its candied apricots, flowers, honey and roasted nuts. Made in a generous, ample style, this delicious wine finishes long and sweet, with plenty of stuffing to age gracefully for another decade.

Serving suggestions

Ten years on the yeasts gives the Giulio Ferrari sufficient
complexity of flavour to ennoble this traditional dish:
the fine perlage contrasts with the fattiness,
while the character of the sparkling wine is a
splendid foil for the anchovies.

Giulio Ferrari Riserva del Fondatore and Mediterranean Fish Soup

It is curious how a dish that today is much sought after and versatile, a sumptuous expression of the “Mare Nostrum”, was originally created from the recovery of the small fish that remained unsold at the market.

Alfio Ghezzi

Ferrari's Chef

The extraordinary complexity of Giulio Ferrari makes it perfect for enhancing a very wide range of dishes. In this case it goes beautifully with the flavours of the Mediterranean.